Prevalence of Hypochondriasis Among Medical Students at King Saud University

Al-Turki, Yousef A.; Sagga, Abdelaziz T.; Alhamidi, Hussam A.; AlShammari, Saad I.; Alteraiqi, Battel A.; Alruaydi, Majed A.; Alshihre, Ammar A.; Alrehaili, Faris A.; Alsaaran, Abdulaziz N.; Alanazia, Waleed K.; Alshayie, Mohammed A.; Alasiria, Abdulelah A.

doi:10.15405/ejsbs.74

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“…In this cross-sectional study, it was found that females were 1.86 times more likely to have experienced MSS when compared with males. This finding is consistent with similar studies conducted in Pakistan 6 and Saudi Arabia, 7 which also reported higher levels of MSS in females. This could be explained by the higher proportion of female students in UAE medical colleges.…”

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confidence: 93%

Medical Students' Syndrome among Medical Students in the University of Sharjah, UAE

Abdullah,

Ahmed,

Algebail

et al. 2023

Avicenna J Med

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Background Medical students' syndrome (MSS) is a set of psychosomatic symptoms that affect students due to their medical background knowledge. Objectives This study aims to measure the prevalence and assess the knowledge about MSS among medical students at the University of Sharjah. It also aims to compare the attributed characteristics of MSS between different years of study. Methods A self-administered 24-item questionnaire was distributed to 503 students enrolled in the College of Medicine at University of Sharjah using nonprobability convenience sampling during June 2021. A total of 472 responses were completed and analyzed using descriptive studies and chi-squared test. Results The prevalence of MSS in this study was found to be 70.8% (n = 334). Clinical year students were 1.75 times more likely to have felt they had a disease they studied about (95% confidence interval: 1.05–2.90, p = 0.03). Conclusion Medical students are more likely to experience MSS as their education progresses.

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confidence: 93%

Medical Students' Syndrome among Medical Students in the University of Sharjah, UAE

Abdullah,

Ahmed,

Algebail

et al. 2023

Avicenna J Med

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“…This is similar to Zahid et al [ 21 ] who found that age, gender, year of medical school, and visits to the doctor in the previous 6 months were not associated with an increased risk of developing significant health anxiety. Ellingsen and Wilhelmsen [ 24 ] also found no gender difference in rates of health anxiety in medical students, as did Al-Turki et al [ 27 ], who in addition to finding no gender differences also found no differences between early-year students compared to clinical students in rates of health anxiety. However, Moss-Morris and Petrie [ 6 ] found that first-year medical students scored higher on emotional distress and hypochondriacal concerns than third-year medical students, although they were comparable on the cognitive aspects of health anxiety.…”

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confidence: 86%

Prevalence and correlates of health anxiety among medical students: a cross-sectional study from the United Arab Emirates

Aziz

Stip

Al-Sanadi

et al. 2023

Middle East Curr Psychiatry

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Background It is often reported that medical students repeatedly develop health anxiety related to the diseases that they are studying. To the best of our knowledge, health anxiety has not been investigated in medical students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Therefore, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of health anxiety among a sample of medical students attending the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). We conducted a cross-sectional study of 193 undergraduate medical students (68 males, 125 females) across the 6 years of the College of Medicine at the UAEU. Students were screened for health anxiety using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI). Results Eighteen students (9.3%) reached the threshold for clinically significant health anxiety on the SHAI (score ≥ 27). There was no statistically significant difference between those with and those without health anxiety in age, gender, place of origin, or year of study. There was a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between the two groups as regards a past history of medical or mental health conditions influencing their choice of college. No specific student demographic or background characteristics significantly predicted the occurrence of clinically significant health anxiety. Conclusions Health anxiety was prevalent in a significant proportion of subjects in our sample (almost one in every ten students). Individual experiences of medical and mental illness may play a role in the development of health anxiety and in the choice of studying medicine.

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“…It is very important to estimate the time of death in medicolegal cases. There are multiple techniques to calculate the time interval since death like rigor mortis, livor mortis, algor mortis and the supravital reaction including pupillary reaction after chemical stimulation (5,6).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Reaction of muscle on stimulation is a well-known example of supravital reaction, i.e. bicep muscle after applying mechanical stimulation and reaction of pupillary muscles and pupil to chemical agents (5,6).…”

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Role of Pilocarpine in Postmortem Interval Estimation

Memon¹,

Nezam²,

Waheed³

et al. 2023

PJMHS

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Background: Estimation of time interval since death is an important aspect of forensic medicine, it is used as an evidence in both civil and criminal cases. There are multiple techniques used worldwide but reaction of pupil to chemical agents is currently the topic of interest. Studies on the role of pilocarpine in estimating the post-mortem interval (PMI) are very limited worldwide so the current study aimed to estimate the time interval since death using pilocarpine eye drops. Methods: An experimental Cross-sectional study was conducted at the department of forensic medicine and toxicology of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi (Autopsy Lab). The diameter of the pupil of each eye was measured using a Vernier caliper. After that 2% pilocarpine eye drops were administered to both eyes. About 10 to 15 minutes was allowed for pupillary reaction. The pupillary diameter was measured again after 25 minutes. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for Windows Version 22. p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 61 ± 13.4 years and reported significant association with the postmortem interval. The mean postmortem interval was 5 hours 42 minutes ± 3 hours 19 minutes. It has been noted that the longest duration of pupillary reaction was 16 hours 2 minutes. There was a strong correlation of postmortem interval with the change in pupillary diameter after pilocarpine drops. Soon after death, in initial 2 hours the change in pupillary diameter after pilocarpine was 98.8% while the percentage of pupillary reaction decreases as long as the time since death. After 16 hours of death there was no change in pupillary diameter after administering pilocarpine drops. Conclusion: It can be concluded that pupillary reaction after pilocarpine eye drops is significantly associated with time interval since death as 98.8% response was recorded in first two hours after death. The longest postmortem interval up to which the pupil can response to eye drop is 16 hours. Keywords: Pilocarpine, Postmortem interval, Pupillary reaction

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Prevalence of Hypochondriasis Among Medical Students at King Saud University

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Medical Students' Syndrome among Medical Students in the University of Sharjah, UAE

Medical Students' Syndrome among Medical Students in the University of Sharjah, UAE

Prevalence and correlates of health anxiety among medical students: a cross-sectional study from the United Arab Emirates

Role of Pilocarpine in Postmortem Interval Estimation

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